Nuchal cord is not associated with adverse perinatal outcome.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. sheiner@bgu.ac.il

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

The present study was aimed at evaluating the outcome of pregnancies with nuchal cord.

METHODS:

A retrospective population-based study of all deliveries during the years 1988-2003 in a tertiary medical center was conducted. Immediate perinatal outcome of patients with and without nuchal cord was compared.